DISCUSSION OF SPECIES AND THEIE DISTRIBUTION. 



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fins, and the middle of the belly are naked. Teeth present on the iutermaxilla, palatines, 

 and vomer. Ueight of body contained 9i times, and head nearly 4i times in the total 

 length (in young individuals). The lateral line runs downward from the upper angle of 

 the gill-opening in a curve under the median line of the body to about the vent, where it 

 ceases or becomes inconspicuous. 



B. 5; D. 92-95 (with one-half of caudal, 98-101); A. 79-81 (with one-half of caudal, 

 8i-86); P. 18-19. 



Two young examples were taken in the middle of August off the north coast of Spitz- 

 bergen, in about 80° north latitude. The first was obtained August 14, from a depth of 

 459 fathoms at station 302, about 15 miles west of Norskoerne ; bottom temperature, — 1° 

 C. ; the bottom consisted of bluish-gray clay. This individual was a little over 6 inches 

 long. The second, which was a young individual, 3i inches long, was collected on the same 

 day at station 363, about 8 miles west of Norskoerne, in a depth of 260 fathoms. The bot- 

 tom temperature was +1.2° C; the bottom consisted of blue clay. 



Total lensth 



Length to base of caudal 



Height at dorsal origin 



Height at anal origili 



Tip of snout from dorsal origin 



Tip of snout from vent 



Vent to base of caudal 



Length of head 



Snout (to oiigin of iris) 



Long diameter of eye 



Post-orbital part of'head 



Tip of lower jaw from ventral . 



Ventral from' vent 



Length of ventral 



Length of pectoral 



The lateral line begins at the upper angle of the gill-opening, makes a slight curve 

 over the opercular flap, and thence proceeds in a curve, without any straight portion, about 

 down to the vent; from here, in the two specimens, it is inconspicuous, but can be partially 

 traced along the anal base toward the base of the caudal. The number of pores to the 

 vent is about 34. [CoUett, loc.cit.) 



LYCODES PEESPICILLUM, KeOyek. (Figures 278; 278 A, young.) 

 i^('0(7es j*e)-8/H'ci7/H HI, KnoYEE, Dausk. Vidcusk. Selsk. Afhandl., XI, 1815. 



Distinguished by a light body color and dark bands, also two ocellated spots on the 

 forehead, which have suggested tlie specific name. Still further separated from the previ- 

 ously known species of Lycodcs by the smaller number of fin-rays, larger eye, etc. (Kriii/cr.) 



Specimens were obtained by the Albatross from station 2491, in 45° 24' 30" N. hit., 58° 

 35' 15" W. Ion., at a depth of 59 fathom s, and from station 2456, in 47° 29' N. lat., 52° 18' 

 W. Ion., at a depth of S(i fathoms. 



LYCODES SEMINUDUS, Eeiniiardt. 



Lycodcs scmiHiulus, REl>fiiARDT, Kong. Dansk. Selsk., etc., 1838, 223. — Guntiiei;, Cat. Fish. Urit. Wus., IV, 

 320.— Giix, loc. cit., 260.— COLLETT, loc. cit., 113. 



Body moderately elongate ; its height, which is half the length of the head, one-.scventh 

 of its length. Body naked in front of vent, scaly behind; finsuaked. Ventrals distant 

 from vent somewhat more than length of head. 



Radial Ibrmula: D. 91; A. 74; P. 21. 



Color, uniform pale grayish brown, without spots or bauds. 



This species is known only from Omenak, Greenland, but is likely to occur in deep 

 water. 



LYCODES SARSII, Collett. 



Lijcodes Sarsii, Coli.ett, Forh. Selsk. Christ., 1871, 62-66, with a plate. 



A Li/coihs with the body moderately elongate; its liciglit, wliich is more than half the 

 length of the head, about one-tenth of the total length; length of the head about 5^ times 



